The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-06-18
STATE NOTES.

/ May. The land, ,502 acres-is most
| ly situated in Douglas County.
TIE Eau Claire Light Guard have
/ been mustered out Of service. The
/ supplies and equipments OF the com
/ pany viii be turned over TO the state
/ unless its members should desire 10
re-organize as an independent COM
pany.
THE Cnics 20, Milwaukee 4 II. Paul
/ Railroad Company have force Of en-
ployes at work al Eau Claire con-
! struCting a stone and brush wall IN
/ order 10 protect the west bank Of the
/ Chippewa and the ad accent pier from
/ the ravages Of the current. The pier
was much endangered ID consequence
! o. frequent landslide9.
SUPERINTENDENT W. Il. MORRISON,
/ OF farmers institutes, mas received
about 800 applications fer the eighty
/ Institutes 70 De held the coming sea
! son.
A 5-YEARoLD boy named Freddie
/ Bauer. whose parents live al 240
/ Wes. Water Street, Milwaukee, IA. ed
/ to return home. On the 11tb, the
! river IN the rear OF the house was
! dragged and the boy : body was found.
/ a La CROSSE man offers forty acres
/ O. land and 1000 cash for vinegar
/ factory IN that city.
/ The Coalheavers' strike a. Ashland
I has been adjusted. The men are to be
| paid by the ton instead OF by the day.
/ BURRIE DUSCAN. aged I, drowned
al Ashland whils playing around the
/ Wisconsin Central ore dock. The Ill
/ tie boys drowned a. Marinette were
/ sons OF Geo. A. Ross and Henry Bran
/ shaw.
EAU CLARE lids fair 10 have a real
estate boUm, which mas already. in
TACT, set IN, the bonus OF so, 900
( offered tor q blast furnace having
! given a lively impetus TO the move
! ment, and real estate men from -.
! PAU, Minneapolis and Chicago are
( said 10 ne preparing 10 take advan-
tage Of the boom and push II along.
I LoUl- DUFEAU, young man -
/ years old, IVES killed near the three
I mile bridge lust west OF Milwaukee by
! the passenger train from Waukeela,
4 on the Chicago. Milw aukee 4 St. Paul
/ road, on the morning OF the sC1.
/ Dufeau wa walking with com
/ p8nlOn on the track when they heard
I q train coming, and stepped on 10 an
/ other track on which there was also
+ & train which they did rot notice.
/ Duteau did not get of IN time and was
/ struck by the engine and killed IN
/ stantv.
AT the twelfth annual session Of the
/ Wisconsin Masonic Benefit AEsOcis-
/ ton, at Madison, officers were elected
as follows. President, George Raymer,
I vice president, David Il. Wright. treas
/ uTer, Chandler ?. Cnapu en; secret aTy.
I Robert WootOn, all OF Madison. A
I board OF ten directors Tor the term Of
I three years vas also elected. An IL
/ crease OF uemberthIp 10 the number
. o. 200 WIS reported by the secretary.
/ During the past year the assoc alton
\ has paid Sle 900 TO widows and or
! phans OF deceased Masons in the
( state. The n=xt annual session VIII
/ be held at Madison.
/ IA CROSSE Valley Baptlsts, IL con
. ventiOn at Bangor, adopted resOlu-
/ ton deprecatIng the disappearance Of
/ the Bible from the pubic schools and
/ the state university. The next meet
/ ing Of the association vii De held al
kendalls.
/ DEPARTMENT COMMANDER GRIFFIS,
/ or bis recent Official visit TO s.
4 Louis, engaged Wisconsin department
headquarters, for the national En-
campment OF the Grand Army, at
/ Llndell Hotel, room No. g.
/ A NEW pulp mill is 70 be built near
/ ne Dells dam al Eau Claire
I ROBERT GAvSART was found dead in
sis room a. Madison. Il Is supposed
I nc committed suicide. Gavnart IS
/ son Of J. II. Gavnarc, deceased, who
I established the Madison Reaper
/ Works, several years since, and was
! regarded as MadIs0n's : wealtbiesr cit
/ izen, and steDsOn OF Judge Orssmus
. Cole, OF the supreme court.
A ALARGE force OF men Is engaged in
I digging test pits on the lron-ore prop.
( erty at Big Falls dam, on the Eau
/ Claire River. In the side o. the bluff
/ red bemstice ore six 10 ten teec n
I depth has been uDearthed.
I Two men were arrested at Osseo,
/ Trem Dealeau County, while attempt
/ InG TO enter HotcnsIss & Newell's lew
| elry store. The men are believed 10
/ have previously robbed the place OF
/ $500 worth o. ieweiry.
FRANK BAUER, living on Cherry
/ Street, Milwaukee, committed suicide
I by hanging on the 7th inst. Tempo
/ raTy insanity was the cause.
VIII SHEPARD, OF Lacrosse, mas
/ been appointed 10 the Annapolis Ma
| val Academy.
( A PRELIMINARY survey Is being made
OF the Chippewa Falls & Ashland Rail
( way line.
I GEAssH0FPEEs have made their az
( peaTanre IN Door County and are quite
I destructive 70 crops.
i was found necessary 10 plant J.
/ 0CQ, 600 wall eyed pike Try IL the lakes
a. Madison 70 save them. The Isl
were being taken rom Milwaukee 20
! La Crosse but could not ~ kept alive.
/ RICHARD Co1fLr, o. Madison, son o.
/ y. II. Comfy. secretary OF the state
( board o. supervision, has received no
( tee OF hIs appointment 20 q CleTksllp
/ in the Treasury Department al Wash
/ IDEtOU.
( AS unknown man killed by the Ca-6
al Duluth had IN his possession a
Membership card OF the Eau Claire
/ Benevolent Association bearing the
name OF John Murray.
DURTNG a thunder storm, lightning
( destroyed the barn OF c. B. Burnett,
( o. MeDomonee Falls. 4 horse belong
( ing 70 Frank hOelder was struck
down IN al open fed
/ JACOB TRUAy. o. Eau Claire recent
. ly celebrated Ms sstn birthday.
TIE coTone-s Jury IN the case o.
( Tim Brady, the Ls Crosse gambler
shot by Policeman keyes, returned a
verdict O. G-tIhabie homicide
Ex-USITEu STATES SENATOR B. X.
BRUcE viii deliver n lecture on the
Race Problem g. the NonCna LAKE
Assembly sDcampEnent this season.